2023 NFL Dynasty League - Week 8


Playoff Hunt

Current Standings

The hunt for the playoffs as it stands. All-play is the record if all teams were to play each other every week. xWins is the number of wins you would have expected so far based on the all-play record. The playoff and bye % is calculated by calculating player scores since 2013 based on their rank and sampling these to give a score for each simulation. The optimal lineup is calculated and then an efficiency score is calculated to give the starting lineup score. 1000 different seasons have been simulated using the wins to date and the remaining fixtures for each team. Strength of roster is taken into account in these calculations.

Position Manager Wins Points All-Play xWins Playoff % Bye %
1 mikepearson 7 1065.18 66-22 6.0 100.0 99.2
2 hyperpringle 7 972.20 58-30 5.3 99.9 80.3
3 Pindeco 5 917.70 49-39 4.5 89.6 1.5
4 0llie 5 819.60 42-46 3.8 53.7 0.2
5 TenAndJerry 4 904.24 48-40 4.4 96.9 4.7
6 calumedwards 4 788.50 31-57 2.8 0.3 0.0
7 benturvill61 4 766.74 32-56 2.9 0.5 0.0
8 DanCoulton 3 857.06 39-49 3.5 43.9 0.0
9 msouthwell 3 836.12 37-51 3.4 13.3 0.1
10 Tomcoulton10 2 935.52 61-27 5.5 99.1 14.0
11 jhh82 2 826.90 38-50 3.5 0.9 0.0
12 JoeWright 2 786.20 27-61 2.5 1.9 0.0

Wins over Expectation

Wins over expectation (WOE) looks at the relationship between actual wins and all-play wins. This shows how lucky or unlucky a team has been with the schedule.

The dots on the chart below show how many wins the team have, whilst the arrow shows where they should actually be if the H2H format wasn’t in place. Teams with arrows pointing right can count themselves unlucky, whilst teams with arrows pointing left are fortunate to have as many wins as they do.

hyperpringle has been the luckiest so far, with 1.7 more wins than expected.

Tomcoulton10 can feel hard done by, with 3.5 fewer wins than expected.


Win Projections

The following chart shows the distribution of total expected wins over the season. Any wins so far have been included in the calculation, and you would expect the spread to reduce as the season progresses and the win totals become more certain.

Projected Season Rank

Using the win totals from the chart above, the following chart shows the likelihood of each team finishing in a given position.

Point Projections for Week 9

The following chart shows the distribution of points for the upcoming week.

Using the outputs from above, the next chart shows the probability of each team of winning the week 9 matchup against their opponent.


Story of the Season

The following chart shows the performance of each team as the season has progressed. This is calculated as the xWins for each week minus the average wins each week (0.5). This strips out any influence of matchup and purely looks at your points position in a given week.

For example, an increasing line in the first half of the season followed by a decreasing line over the second half would signify good performance to start the year, but a poor run to end the season.


League Position Tracker

The next table tracks the league position by week for each team in the league. To isolate a single team’s record, double click on the legend on the right.


Matchup Importance

The following table shows the importance of the next matchup for each manager. Win shows the Playoff % if the matchup is won, and Loss shows the chances with a loss. The Current % is the playoff probability before week 9 takes place. The size of the bar represents the importance of the matchup for each team.


Using this information, we can calculate the importance of each matchup in week 9. The numbers shown give the average playoff leverage for each matchup.

0llie 15.2 Pindeco
DanCoulton 10.5 mikepearson
calumedwards 5.5 msouthwell
TenAndJerry 1.8 JoeWright
benturvill61 1.6 jhh82
Tomcoulton10 0.8 hyperpringle

Potential Points

The following table shows the potential points that could have been scored if the perfect squad had been played each week.

Rank Manager Points
1 mikepearson 1275.20
2 Tomcoulton10 1179.78
3 0llie 1167.94
4 hyperpringle 1138.62
5 TenAndJerry 1118.02
6 DanCoulton 1061.54
7 JoeWright 1051.30
8 Pindeco 1029.46
9 jhh82 991.06
10 benturvill61 974.36
11 msouthwell 952.86
12 calumedwards 942.06

The matchups for week 8 are shown below, along with the potential points for each matchup.

Week 8 Potential Points Matchups
benturvill61 151.78 125.26 JoeWright
TenAndJerry 159.62 146.36 jhh82
0llie 160.66 176.68 Tomcoulton10
Pindeco 115.06 143.06 hyperpringle
DanCoulton 123.86 124.22 msouthwell
calumedwards 123.50 170.80 mikepearson

Draft Picks

Projected Draft Order

The 4 rounds of the 2024 rookie draft are shown below, using the potential points order as at today.

Round 1

Pick Owner Original Owner
1 msouthwell
2 benturvill61
3 jhh82
4 JoeWright
5 DanCoulton
6 Tomcoulton10
7 calumedwards
8 TenAndJerry
9 0llie
10 Pindeco
11 hyperpringle
12 benturvill61 mikepearson

Round 2

Pick Owner Original Owner
1 msouthwell
2 benturvill61
3 mikepearson jhh82
4 JoeWright
5 DanCoulton
6 JoeWright Tomcoulton10
7 calumedwards
8 TenAndJerry
9 0llie
10 Pindeco
11 hyperpringle
12 mikepearson

Round 3

Pick Owner Original Owner
1 msouthwell
2 benturvill61
3 jhh82
4 JoeWright
5 mikepearson DanCoulton
6 0llie Tomcoulton10
7 calumedwards
8 TenAndJerry
9 0llie
10 Pindeco
11 hyperpringle
12 mikepearson

Round 4

Pick Owner Original Owner
1 msouthwell
2 benturvill61
3 jhh82
4 JoeWright
5 DanCoulton
6 Tomcoulton10
7 calumedwards
8 TenAndJerry
9 0llie
10 Pindeco
11 hyperpringle
12 mikepearson


Draft Pick Likelihood

The following chart shows the likelihood of drafting at each position in the top 6. Picks 7-12 have been removed as the playoffs determine the back half of the first round.

Draft Pick
1 2 3 4 5 6 Playoffs
calumedwards 50.7% 25.9% 14.7% 7.3% 0.9% 0.2% 0.3%
jhh82 25.4% 30.7% 24.6% 15.0% 3.3% 0.1% 0.9%
benturvill61 11.2% 23.5% 30.0% 25.7% 7.8% 1.3% 0.5%
msouthwell 12.3% 18.6% 24.3% 26.0% 5.1% 0.4% 13.3%
JoeWright 0.1% 0.8% 3.6% 15.6% 52.5% 25.5% 1.9%
DanCoulton 0.0% 0.1% 1.3% 5.7% 25.9% 23.1% 43.9%
0llie 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3% 46.0% 53.7%
Pindeco 0.3% 0.4% 1.5% 4.2% 3.0% 1.0% 89.6%
TenAndJerry 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3% 0.9% 1.9% 96.9%
Tomcoulton10 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.3% 0.5% 99.1%
hyperpringle 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 99.9%
mikepearson 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%

Roster Comparison

Roster Maturity

This chart shows the spread of ages on each roster within the league. The narrower the box, the more concentrated the ages are, and the larger boxes will have a wide spread of ages.


2023 Trades